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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Sunday Special 18: #PostponeTheCETAVote 40:39

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Firstly, get well soon, Martin. I'm sorry I was so mean!We are just finished this weeks live podcast and it was packed! Caroline, Linda and I were joined by Environmental Law Officer, Attracta Uí Bhroin and Irish Examiner Journalist, Cianan Brennan to discuss the week that was. We extensively cover the revelation that the Government are set to rati…
 
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Una and Andrea's United Ireland

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BYLINE: Lise Hand 1:02:24

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Our guest this month is Lise Hand, a self-described rowdy journalist-at-large. Lise’s career crosses the Sunday Tribune, the Sunday Independent, the Irish Independent and the Journal. She began her print career in music journalism, evolving into an excellent colour writer focussing on what happens behind the scenes and on the stage of Irish politic…
 
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Irish Times Inside Politics

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Brexit: Another deadline approaches 23:51

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Following a meeting over dinner this week between Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, it’s clear that very large gaps still remain between the two sides. Negotiators have been given until this Sunday to figure out a path forward, but will this be yet another deadline ignored? The sticking points remain the same: fi…
 
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The Irish Passport

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Christmas reunion 1:00:38

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Past guests including comedian Tara Flynn, Brendan Boyle, Caitríona Perry, Emma de Souza, Sarah Maria Griffin, Caelainn Hogan, Sarah Creighton, Ronan McCrea and Matthew O’Toole join us again for a Christmas reunion! It’s a bizarre one for many of us this year but we hear from people all around the world who are making it special where they are. Nao…
 
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Una and Andrea's United Ireland

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BONUS EP: Sister, Mother, Goddess with Natalie B Coleman 29:47

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This week, we've consciously stepped away from the tit-for-tat shenanigans taking place in politics and instead focused on uplifting our souls with music and art.In this episode, we're talking to Irish fashion designer Natalie B Coleman about her new Sister, Mother, Goddess collection, how her feminism and reproductive challenges within the Irish s…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.417: The Prison Whistleblower – #LeoTheLeak 17:40

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We are rejoined in the Tortoise Shack by #PrisonWhistleBlower, Noel McGree, to discuss the revelations in today's Irish Examiner that Leo Varadkar is under investigation for failing to protect a Whistleblower and for 'leaking' Noel's protected disclosure.That all of this was ongoing whilst the vote of 'No Confidence' was taking place into the Tánai…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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End Direct Provision – International Human Rights Day 34:42

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We were delighted to be joined on the podcast by CEO of NASC Ireland, Fiona Finn. We talk about the concerning responses from Government and the Department of Housing to the Day Report into how to end the now 21 year old 'TEMPORARY' Direct Provision system. Fiona busts the myths and old arguments and calls on us all to let our TD's know that making…
 
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Cross Question with Iain Dale

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Nadhim Zahawi, Shabana Mahmood, Trevor Phillips & Anita Boateng 48:21

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Nadhim Zahawi- Minister for Vaccine Deployment, Business and Industry & Conservative MP for Stratford-on-Avon | Shabana Mahmood- Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood | Trevor Phillips- Broadcaster, writer and Chair of Green Park Executive Recruitment | Anita Boateng- Senior Director at FTI Consulting & Former Special Adviser at the Cabinet Office, CCH…
 
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Irish Times Inside Politics

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Is Fine Gael versus Sinn Féin the future of Irish politics? 50:32

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There's been a lot of commentary about the deepening rivalry between Sinn Féin on the left and Fine Gael on the right. Is this dynamic slowly replacing the old two-party struggle between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil? Some argue no, it's not, or not yet at least: Fianna Fáil are currently the biggest party in the Dáil. Fine Gael has not performed well …
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.415: The Climate Action Bill & Vaccine Plans with Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan 47:08

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We were delighted to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by Senator Lynn Boylan, to discuss the flawed Climate Action Bill and the work of the Climate Action Committee. We talk about how we arrived at the crazy situation that sees a Green Party Minister pushing a Bill that, according to his own Party, is worse than 2019 Fine Gael equivalent.We also t…
 
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Una and Andrea's United Ireland

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BONUS: How Other Voices produced a festival in a pandemic 29:58

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This bonus episode comes to you from Dingle on what is usually a massively busy weekend for music fans in Ireland. In 2020, Other Voices - an entity that lives and breathes live music - managed to overcome the incredible logistical challenges of an industry shutdown, to create the Courage series, and livestream its annual Dingle event without an au…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Sunday Special – From Brexit to Zorgies! 44:51

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Sunday afternoon means Sunday Special and lots of laughs. This week Linda took the reins and was joined by returning champion, Aoife Martin, journalist Jack Horgan-Jones and an udience of our members to discuss the events of the week. We talk about the appointment of a former Sun editor to the Govt Press Office, another week were people spoke at Tr…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.410 – Feminism in Gaza, Palestine 22:59

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Recently we spoke with journalist, Hana Salah in Gaza, Palestine. Yes, that's the Call to Prayer you can hear at the very start. We discussed how Covid-19 has impacted an economy and health system that was already teetering on the brink, the continued blockade and the hopes (maybe??) for a change of direction under a Biden presidency. We then talk …
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.408 Bogus Self Employment and You 38:52

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We are joined in the #tortoiseshack by the chair of the Irish Congress of Trade Union's Construction Industry Committee, Billy Wall.Billy has been working with ICTU to tackle bogus self employment. We explore the billion euro cost, the loss of workers rights and the State’s inexplicable refusal to take on what we see as rogue employers. We also del…
 
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Cross Question with Iain Dale

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Kezia Dugdale, Mark Harper, Inaya Folarin Iman & Paul Embery 49:42

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Kezia Dugdale: Former leader of the Scottish Labour Party and Director of the John Smith Centre for Politics & Public Service | Mark Harper: Conservative MP for the Forest of Dean and leader of the Covid Recovery Group of Conservative MPs | Inaya Folarin Iman: Spiked Online Columnist and Free Speech Union board member | Paul Embery: Trade unionist,…
 
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Irish Times Inside Politics

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Brexit: What could scupper a deal? 36:05

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With just four weeks until the official end of the Brexit transition period on December 31st, we still don’t know if an agreement will be reached. Fishing is one of the few issues still dividing EU and UK negotiators. Just how serious a matter is it? Are Irish companies prepared for trade with Britain on January 1st? And, if a deal is struck, will …
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.409 Nothing About Us, Without Us – Trans Rights 21:38

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We regularly record short podcasts for our members. This was meant to be one of them, but if you've seen much of the recent social media reaction to what looks a lot like a mainstream attempt to import UK Culture Wars, that specifically focus on Trans Rights, into Ireland, you'd know why we put this out everywhere.We were delighted to be joined by …
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.16 – Tortoise Shack Sunday Special: The Toys Show 49:17

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We've just finished our weekly Live podcast with you, our members. We had a lot to cover and despite the heavy subject matter, Caroline made it fun and informative. We discussed: Image Based Sexual Abuse and the Garda Commissioner's statement.Covid, the lifting of Level 5 and the success of lobbying.Seamus Woulfe, Helen McEntee and how these things…
 
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Irish Times Inside Politics

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How to hold a referendum on Irish unity 41:15

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The potential for a future referendum on Irish unity is explicit in the Good Friday Agreement, if certain circumstances are met. But how would an Irish unity referendum work in practice? A new report by a group of academics called "The Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland" says that planning by the Irish and British gov…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.407 – The Greens in Government with Neasa Hourigan 43:38

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It's not easy being Green...We were just joined by Green Party TD for Dublin Central and the Party Spokesperson for Finance, Nease Hourigan. We had a lot to catch up about. We talk about her work in questioning the Government's monitoring of social media accounts and the Well-being Index that she wants to see introduced as part of the budgetary pro…
 
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Cross Question with Iain Dale

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Harriett Baldwin, Pat McFadden, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Peter Cardwell 49:52

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Harriett Baldwin - Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, former minister & member of the Treasury Select Committee | Pat McFadden - Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury & Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East | Miatta Fahnbulleh - Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation | Peter Cardwell - Commentator, former SpAd and author of The …
 
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Una and Andrea's United Ireland

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BYLINE: Fintan O'Toole 1:00:55

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Fintan O’Toole is a columnist with the Irish Times, and widely and correctly viewed as the most essential voice in Irish journalism. He is a visiting lecturer at Princeton University, has written 25 books, and has won many awards, including the European Press Prize for commentary in 2017, the same year he won the Orwell Prize for Journalism. Fintan…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.406: Chay Bowes #LeoTheLeak 46:23

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A Patreon members have heard this already, but in what was his first interview since the article in Villag magazine was published, Medical Professional and the source of that now infamous Confidential Leak story, Chay Boews talked to us about the story that has badly damaged Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar.We discuss the genesis of the story, the links to t…
 
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Irish Times Inside Politics

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Why talks on the CervicalCheck tribunal have broken down – with Vicky Phelan 46:21

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The 221-plus group, which represents those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal, has walked away from talks with the Government on a tribunal aimed at providing the women affected with a quicker and less adversarial alternative to lengthy and confrontational court cases. Little over a year since then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar apologised on behalf of …
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.405 Post-Trump in Covid America with Jon Schwarz 31:42

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We were delighted to catch up with writer and journalist with The Intercept, Jon Schwarz, to talk about life in the US post Presidential election. Jon explains the Russian Roulette that is the US election process and the discuss Covid America, Trump's America and the America, Joe Biden is soon to be President of. We also ask about Glenn Greenwald's…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.37 Health, Hope and Activism – The Youth Panel 47:56

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On this Reboot Republic podcast we talk to a panel of young people about mental health, their experience of lockdown and the pandemic, how they feel about the demonising of young people, the Leaving Cert, and we ask how is it to be a young person in Ireland today, and what do they see as their future. They are an amazing group of inspiring young pe…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Tortoise Shack Sunday Special Ep.15 44:43

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This week Tony was "hosting" and was joined by Caroline, Linda, Martin and Vicky for our usual dive into the weeks news and some stories you might have missed out on. We had a lot to cover. We discussed the Bloody Sunday Commemorations, Seamus Woulfe Watch, NPHET vs the Govt, RTE and the class based curtain twitcher's, the ongoing Brexit Blunder Bu…
 
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Irish Times Inside Politics

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Trump, Biden and American foreign policy in a changed world - with John Mearsheimer 31:41

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President-elect Joe Biden represents a traditional approach to US foreign policy that was rejected by a majority of American voters in 2016. Now Biden is back, but the world has changed: China has emerged as a genuine competitor to the US. Can Biden adapt and respond? Are we facing into a new Cold War?Professor John Mearsheimer is a political scien…
 
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The Echo Chamber Podcast

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Ep.402 Mary Lou McDonald 37:25

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Earlier in the week we caught up with Sinn Féin Leader, Mary Lou McDonald to talk about a tumultuous few months in Irish politics. We ask has this coalition of chaos made her a Lucky General, issues of bullying within Sinn Féin and our wider politics, the importation of US style attack ads and what an alternative government might look like.We discu…
 
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